Faith On The Line - Stress, Stress Go Away Vol 19 | Page 22

SELECTED MESSAGES.... Continued from page 21

When men are not under the control of the Word and the
Spirit of God, they are captives of Satan, and we know not to
what lengths he may lead them in sin. The patriarch Jacob
beheld those who take pleasure in wickedness. He saw what
would be the result of association with them, and in the Spirit
he exclaimed, “O my soul, come not thou into their secret;
unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united” (Gen.
49:6). He lifts up the danger signal, to warn every soul against
such associations. The apostle Paul echoes the warning: “Have
no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness” (Eph.
5:11). “Be not deceived: Evil company doth corrupt good manners” (1 Cor. 15:33, R.V.).
The soul is deceived when it trusts to worldly policy and human inventions instead of trusting in t Hܙ